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Rhys Lewis is a novel by Daniel Owen, written in the Welsh language
and first published in 1885. Its full title is
Hunangofiant Rhys Lewis, Gweinidog Bethel
("The autobiography of Rhys Lewis, minister of Bethel"). It is
generally agreed to be the first novel written in the Welsh
language, and is to date one of the longest.

"If we are some imperfection on this beautiful earth then who
are we to dictate its future. Or if we trully are the masters then
why do the trees not obey us? And why can we not magically have
peace for all human kind? The day we can answer these questions and
many more is the day we die."